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MAKO closing
Thread started by Roadblock at 12.14.10 - 5:32 pm

Damn! my favorite restaurant in the world is closing.... Mako has been in the Los Feliz neighborhood for 26 years. Damn I love that place. Anybody know about this spot and love it? Want to have a luncheon there on Friday?

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I will miss the Ah-So-Special :-(



jeffwr3
12.14.10 - 5:41 pm

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yes friday, let's do.

i love that place and i'm really sad it's going away.



mikeywally
12.14.10 - 5:50 pm

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FUCK!

That is the first place I ate the first time I went to LF/ Vermont, when i first moved here 13 years ago.

I wanna cry.

I think I am free friday, and I am down to go.



trickmilla
12.14.10 - 5:52 pm

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noooooooooooo! horrible news! i love that place. chynna and i are down for friday.



coldcut
12.14.10 - 5:53 pm

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my son and i frequented the spot a few times a week after I picked him up from school, during my college years. last time I ate there was when we swung by your spot... that sucks to hear they're leaving.

Let's buy a bunch of 40oz's, order some veggie yakisoba and send them off in style.



md2
12.14.10 - 6:28 pm

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What? When is it closing? Why?

Damn. That was my introduction to Japanese food. Haven't been to that spot in nearly 8 years.

Has it happened yet?

Mondo, Onyx, Mako... Wow.



sleepy
12.14.10 - 9:01 pm

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Fuck... This sucks! Now I want some Shrimp Tempura with some Yakisoba.



sleepy
12.14.10 - 9:05 pm

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What time of day is this happening?



jericho1ne
12.14.10 - 10:04 pm

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Let's plan for 12, I will check to see what time KG (the owner) will be there just to make sure. That guy is one humble legendary cat.



Roadblock
12.14.10 - 10:30 pm

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the woman who works there is named apple if memory serves me correct.

i used to get my chicken skinless.

i used to dip my tempura in the chicken goo. or pour the goo on the rice!

yum.

i met cole for the first time at mako. there was a race starting from xlarge, if memory serves me right, they may have been free drinks?



mikeywally
12.15.10 - 12:47 am

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Aw...so sad :( Such a great place. I can't make it that early, but I think I'm gonna havta go on Friday afternoon as well. I hate it when they close all the places I like!



sinaphile
12.15.10 - 4:53 am

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Could their rent be going way up? Mondo Video a Go Go and Mondorama were 2 casualties of rent increases years ago..



barleye
12.15.10 - 9:21 am

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I'm sure it is now. But I don't think they were forced out. KG is retiring. Dude has been there running the show for 26 years. I feel like it needs to be documented somehow.



Roadblock
responding to a comment by barleye
12.15.10 - 9:23 am

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actually Mondo Video was more a casualty of their own vices.



md2
responding to a comment by barleye
12.15.10 - 9:42 am

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yeah Mondo was on Melrose for a short while but they didn't last there for too long. Not too many places give me a weird vibe and make me second guess myself for walking in - there was always an adventure waiting at Mondo..



Oh shit! I never knew the name of this (Mako) place but have been there tons. I really like their tempura!

Maybe I will ride over after work but not gonna make it during lunch.

When are they officially closing?




Kakihara
responding to a comment by md2
12.15.10 - 10:03 am

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is mondo video that spot that used to be on Vermont where Blue Rooster is now? that place was fuckin creepy. hahah one day I walked past and there were a bunch of fish heads and spines in front of there store.



Roadblock
responding to a comment by Kakihara
12.15.10 - 12:01 pm

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Yeah, homeboy

Due a dinner version too. Give him more bi$$nezz.





el sabroso
12.15.10 - 12:07 pm

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Mondo Video was the video rental spot next to Pizza Pauls

They had a great selection of videos, but they really pushed the envelope. They would play porn on the TV's and tease each other that so and so's mom was doing well in this video, etc. They also filmed porn there, and my buddy told me I guess they had their White Power send off party when they got evicted. From what I've heard they really pissed people off with their antics.

But they had this really great sale before they closed.

I never knew they were into the whole white power stuff until after it shut down, but they had probably one of the coolest video rental spots ever.



md2
responding to a comment by Roadblock
12.15.10 - 12:09 pm

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mondo video was awesome....the north side of the store was a sorta weird shop of vintage stuff for sale and the south side (connected) was the video side. they had EVERY b movie ever made practicly...I first rented BLACK DEVIL DOLL FROM HELL there...russ meyer stuff was tame compared to what they rented. it was run by 2 brothers and they had parties with russ meyer star kitten natividad there a bunch. my friend fucked her i think once.....anyhow, i first heard g.g. allin banned in boston there at the vintage side...they sold old bootleg cassettes there.



barleye
responding to a comment by md2
12.15.10 - 12:57 pm

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I think the white power shit was just for the sake of "pushing the envelope" of free expression and annoying people's delicate sensibilities.

I think they named their dog after hitler's dog or girlfriend or some bullshit.
I never took it seriously for whatever reason. I think they were just into shocking people.

Mondo had an amazing selection of fucked up videos,
their porn was organized in categories like: Fatty's, Midgets, Amputee's, etc.

They had a "Chicken Hawk" section that had a NAMBLA documentary, Kindergarden Cop (staring our current governor), and a doc. on Allen Ginsberg.

The had the worlds largest collection of GG Allin videos, with all the "official" titles, bootlegs, plus several that they themselves had shot (which is no small feat since GG was famous for attacking people with cameras during his show).

You could get copies of videos that were band for copyright reasons like "Cocksucker Blues" (Robert Frank's too brutally honest portrayal of the Rolling Stones) and Super Star a re-dub of the Carpenter's Story acted out by Barbie Dolls. and lots of stuff that was simply unavailable (or unwanted) in any other part of LA.

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Mondo and Archiac idiot were just 2 of special little indy shops that faded away from los feliz.

Also missed:
- Onyx cafe (was open till 4am)
- George's Diner (now Fred 62)
- George's Gallery (named after the diner)
- Fat Beats! (where DJ legends like Numark, Babu, Rhetmatic, & CLos would be juggling beats and scratching their asses off till it was time to ring up your order)
- Vinyl Fetish (DJ Jun worked there for ages)
- Sarno Bakery
- Amok Bookstore
- and Eastside Records on Hillhurst

with Mako closing it definitely marks the end of an era!



trickmilla
responding to a comment by md2
12.15.10 - 1:03 pm

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I think the white power shit was just for the sake of "pushing the envelope" of free expression and annoying people's delicate sensibilities.

I think they named their dog after hitler's dog or girlfriend or some bullshit.
I never took it seriously for whatever reason. I think they were just into shocking people.


Those guys were from San Pedro (the original store was on Channel and Gaffey in the late 80s) and I went to high school with Bruce. He was way, way, WAY weirder than any of the crowd of weirdos I hung out with. He weirded a lot of us out. A friend of mine told me that he (Bruce) passed away recently.



PC
responding to a comment by trickmilla
12.15.10 - 2:03 pm

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NOOOOO!!!! I have to have it one more time... When are they closing?? :[



SnapperS
12.15.10 - 3:32 pm

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I've seen both 12-21-10 and 12-24-10.
Don't know really.



Gern
12.15.10 - 5:02 pm

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I hung out at Mondo *a lot* and knew those people pretty well. Am still in touch with a good amount of the folks that worked there.
Yeah, the dog was actually named Hitler. Sweet dog, though. Part husky & part wolf, I think, actually. And yes, they dealt primarily in shock value and exploitation. However, the owner, Colonel Rob, did have a genuine history with real people back in the day, like Russ Meyer & Titus Moody. At any rate, Mondo Video was an LA landmark. It changed quite a bit when it moved from Vermont to Melrose, so that is something to remember. It got, well, crazier.
Yeah, they shot porn (and lots of it) there. Most of the things that you think happened, MOST LIKELY did. Were they bad people? Nah, not even. Crazy? HELL MOTHER FUCKING YES. I saw and participated in shit in that store that...just...WOW. Ask me about it sometime in person.
I actually bought out a good portion of the rare VHS section when they were going out of business. So did a few other folks I know. So, in effect, the Mondo Archive still *sorta* lives on with the folks that used to party there.
I have quite a few pix from the last Halloween/goodbye party that took place there that had Don Bowles playing and just madness x 1,000,000.

I also SERIOUSLY miss the Onyx. A Lot. So much time spent there... :(
Eastside Records, Vinyl Fetish... <3
UGH. Again...so many of my favorite places...gone.



sinaphile
responding to a comment by trickmilla
12.15.10 - 6:50 pm

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Aw, I just saw this - I used to go to Mako a lot (like 20 years go), but haven't been in a while for whatever reason. Makes me realize I miss the place already.



mr rollers
12.15.10 - 7:54 pm

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Hey Roadblock. You're the agent for service of process for the Bikerowave, correct? I'm looking to get in touch with Bikerowave's lawyer for a project I'm working on for another collective. Do you have the attorney's contact info?



Gais
responding to a comment by Roadblock
12.15.10 - 11:28 pm

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hit up Alex Thompson at Bikesidela.org I am not affiliated with bikerowave but I love em none the less yo



Roadblock
responding to a comment by Gais
12.16.10 - 1:47 am

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See you guys after court and then off to work. 12sharp kinda not really



andres84
12.16.10 - 3:10 pm

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so what's up? 12pm friday??
i am soooooo sad to hear mako is closing :(



imachynna
12.16.10 - 6:29 pm

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12pm tomorrow... I might be a little late.... 12:30?



Roadblock
12.16.10 - 7:33 pm

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and you can pick up all your fa-bric bric bric brics



Roadblock
responding to a comment by imachynna
12.16.10 - 7:34 pm

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hell yeah!
sounds good.



imachynna
responding to a comment by Roadblock
12.16.10 - 8:30 pm

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Fuck!!!!! So many memories of my kid and I going there every other week...We should mob it there and protest to keep it open..ahhh..I will miss it.Really bad news.



deesimple
12.18.10 - 9:45 pm

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md2,
you ride that tandem like a beast in traffic.
cheers.



imachynna
12.19.10 - 9:14 pm

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So what day is it closing? I'm off work all week and would like to go there if it's not closed yet...



barleye
12.19.10 - 9:25 pm

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24th



imachynna
responding to a comment by barleye
12.19.10 - 9:31 pm

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Still hurts!! It was sad walking by and seeing it closed..Any idea on what the new plan for that spot is?



deesimple
01.4.11 - 11:49 pm

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I took a peak inside... Looks like it might be a smoothies
spot or something. Bummed.



Roadblock
responding to a comment by deesimple
01.5.11 - 10:47 am

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Ever hit that greek spot on the other side of the los feliz 3.
It doesn't look like much, and its no Mako but I like the food.

Try the veggie Gyros, lentil soup, & hummus.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/el-greco-pizza-cafe-and-rotisserie-los-angeles




trickmilla
responding to a comment by Roadblock
01.5.11 - 12:58 pm

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